The Humble Refinery Bee (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 06, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1946 Page: 8 of 24
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The oil booms at Ranger and Cisco
had hardly begun to subside when
A. F. Ruebsahm decided to leave the
teaching profession and join the
Humble organization at Breckenridge
in September, 1920. Starling as a
pumper and gauger with Humble
Pipe Line Company, he transferred
to Baytown refinery three years later.
On Friday, May 24 of this year, a
large group of laboratory employees
gathered around him on the eve of
his retirement at the age of sixty-five
to congratulate him for his twenty-
five or more years’ service.
A veteran member of the labora-
tory, Mr. Ruebsahm started as fore-
man of the routine testing division in
the first laboratory building erected
at Baytown. Moving up to analytical
tester, he became an analyst in 1934.
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During the following six years, he physics in the high schools for sev-
was foreman in charge of the chemi- eral years before he launched his
cal and analytical laboratory. With career with Humble.
the advent of World War II came Recalling his early days in the first
also the need for additional research, laboratory unit, he mentioned, among
and he transferred to the research others, the names of W. R. Brison,
section as a research chemist in which W. H. Barber. Stuart Coleman, and
capacity he served until he became Brian Meade. He has seen the labora-
an annuitant. tory division grow into an extensive-
Affectionately known as Fred to organization, occupying several large
his intimate friends, Mr. Ruebsahm buildings.
was born and reared on a ranch near At the age of sixty-five, Mr. Rueb-
Fredericksburg. At the age of seven- sahm enjoys excellent health. As a
teen he decided upon a leaching member of the local Shriner’s patrol,
career and attended Sam Houston he steps sprightly-through intricate
Teachers College where he gradu- drill formations along with men half
ated. After leaching for several years his age who say he possesses amazing
in the public schools, he entered the energy.
University of Texas where he Mr. Ruebsahm is active in em-
majored in four years of chemistry ployee chibs, civic, fraternal organ-
and physics. He taught chemistry and izations, technical groups and his
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Mabry, G. A. The Humble Refinery Bee (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 06, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1946, periodical, June 1, 1946; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1482187/m1/8/?q=%22~1~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.